PENNE ARRABBIATA SAUCE WITH TOMATOES,

HOT CHILIES AND GARLIC

This pasta along with all'Amatriciana and their variations are favorites in Roman trattorias. All'Amatriciana , with little pieces of cured pork in the sauce, comes from the Abruzzese town of Amatrice. So do many of the hosts of the old Roman trattorias, osterias, and tavole calde, where Romans take their meals, and so all'Amatriciana has become a Roman style of pasta. Penne all'arrabbiata, without the cured pork, simply means "enraged pasta," referring to the heat of the peppers.